one of the members of the illinois and a circle at the press conferences was a woman named mlb who was the main woman writer for the new york "herald" tribune which is a leading republican newspaper. this newspaper pose to franklin. here she is writing all of these nice features about the roosevelt family in the white house, going through the red hot -- white house living quarters. she furnished things with their pieces. that sort of thing. i think franklin definitely realized that these press conferences help him reach women who were voters. he also had absolutely no objection to eleanor writing her my a column, the ones offered to write it for her. she refused. it was her thing. he talked of the column by telling the man. there were few women. sieges rates a diary. and it was what we today would consider a blog. but think how it humanize the presidency. franklin, as hard as he was, realize that. let me read you this quote from the first column, dec. 301st 1935. right about yourself and the white house. the house was full of young people. my husband had a cd andas bed having to post f